Recent Articles in Festivals
Afro-Punk Festival Confirms Schedule
The fourth annual Afro-Punk festival will take place in Brooklyn from July 5 through the 13, and is co-sponsored by BAMcinematek and Toyota. Billed as “the definitive destination for the global Afro-Punks yearning to experience true AP culture,” the festival drew 30,000 music lovers in 2007, and expands this year to include 40 bands and […]
Citysol Announces 2008 Lineup
Get ready to eco-rock with the Dirty Projectors! Citysol’s been running its free annual festival since 2005 at Solar One’s East River- side venue in Stuyvesant Cove Park. The next one, to be held June 26 through 29th, will include quite an artistic bunch of favorites from across the genre board: Dirty Projectors, Ecstatic Sunshine, […]
Camden Crawl, London UK, April 18 to 19th, 2008
On a mid-April weekend, London’s Camden Town hosted one of the city’s biggest music events for discovering new music. Red Stripe’s Camden Crawl was in effect for its seventh year, and with way too many bands to check out, fans were destined to be disappointed at not getting to catch every act they wanted […]
SXSW Day 3 - Friday
After getting a proper morning Starbucks jolt from the Radisson, (fondly referred to as the rock and roll hotel since during SXSW week, you always find its lobby swarming with more musicians than sweatsuit-clad tourists), we made our way to the SPIN party. The UK’s Switches were finishing up a few raucous tunes for the […]
SXSW Day 2 - Thursday
What better way to spend an early overcast afternoon in Austin than by eating BBQ with a bunch of Brits? The annual British BBQ at Brush Square Park was only slightly marred by clouds and a cold breeze. A last minute performance by Riz MC woke up the crowd with his hyper-smart “voice of a […]
SXSW Day 1 - Wednesday
The first day of SXSW used to be a kind of easy breather before the rock and beer storm, but now it seems you’ve got to run from the airport as quick as you can since the Wednesday parties and showcases are already in full swing when you touch down in Austin.
We sadly missed the […]
Radiohead and Jack Johnson to Anchor the All Points West Music and Arts Festival in Jersey
The whispers were thunderous, and their tour dates certainly allowed for it, but today it’s official — Radiohead will headline the first two nights of the All Points West Music & Arts Festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City (Friday August 8, Saturday August 9), and Jack Johnson will headline the final night of […]
Playboy’s Rock the Rabbit Shakes Tails Again in 2008
Hold onto your bunny ears! Playboy Enterprises Announces Rock The Rabbit 2008: A startlingly fabulous fusion of fashion, music and design, with graphics designed by Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, Daft Punk and more
For the second year in a row, Playboy’s Rock the Rabbit initiative will bring us a unique foray into rock, hip-hop, art and […]
CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival 2008 Dates Announced
(Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox at CMJ 2007 by Tear-n Tan)
We haven’t even decided between our annual Puppies or Parisian Street Scenes 2008 wall calendars yet, so we’re marking up a post-it for CMJ 2008, since dates have just been anounced! Downtown NYC will host CMJ 2008 from Tuesday, October 21 to Saturday, October 25, 2008. According […]
Noise Pop Festival Announces Dates and Line-up
From February 26 to March 2, 2008, San Francisco’s “best-loved” venues will once again play host to the 16th annual Noise Pop Festival, featuring gigs by “indie rock, electronic, punk and cutting edge musical artists” such as Magnetic Fields, Mountain Goats, Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan), Cursive, Kelly Stoltz, Tilly & The Wall, […]
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